Interplay between DNA supercoiling and transcription elongation

Transcription

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Ma, Jie ^a,b   Wang, Michelle D ^a,b  

^a School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Angular optical trap; DNA supercoiling; E. coli; RNA polymerase; Single molecule; Torque; Torsional motor; Transcription; Twin supercoiled domain model

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DNA SUPERCOILING;

ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA TOPOLOGY; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SPLICEOSOME; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84902385349     PISSN: 21541264     EISSN: 21541272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/trns.28636     Document Type: Article

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